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	<title>Burmanet &#187; News</title>
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		<title>Quote of the day</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/18/quote-of-the-day-24/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Kyaw Zaw Lwin spent seven months in unjust confinement and we are all relieved that his ordeal is now over.  Sadly, while he is coming home, Burma’s junta continues to hold its grip on 2,200 political prisoners. All are jailed for one reason &#8212; their efforts to convince the Burmese junta to respect basic human [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York Times: Myanmar frees jailed American – Thomas Fuller</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/18/new-york-times-myanmar-frees-jailed-american-%e2%80%93-thomas-fuller/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:13:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inside Burma]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bangkok — A pro-democracy activist from Myanmar who is a naturalized American citizen has been released from prison a month after a court sentenced him to five years of hard labor, the United States Embassy in Yangon said on Thursday.The American, Mr. Nyi Nyi Aung, had been in detention since September, when he was arrested [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New York Times: Change comes to Myanmar, but only on the junta’s terms</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/18/new-york-times-change-comes-to-myanmar-but-only-on-the-junta%e2%80%99s-terms/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/18/new-york-times-change-comes-to-myanmar-but-only-on-the-junta%e2%80%99s-terms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:12:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inside Burma]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pyapon, Myanmar — In the dried mud of the Irrawaddy Delta, workers are welding together the final pieces of a natural-gas pipeline that the country’s ruling generals say will keep the lights on in Yangon, Myanmar’s main city, after years of debilitating blackouts.Residents who for years were lucky to get eight hours of power a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Associated Press: Myanmar opens political party registration</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/18/associated-press-myanmar-opens-political-party-registration/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/18/associated-press-myanmar-opens-political-party-registration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inside Burma]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yangon, Myanmar – Myanmar opened the registration period Thursday for political parties ahead of elections this year, in what the government bills as a key step toward democracy but which critics suspect will entrench the country&#8217;s military rulers.State radio and television announced that new and existing parties could register at the Election Commission office in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Light of Myanmar: Meeting (6/2010) of Union Election Commission takes place</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/18/new-light-of-myanmar-meeting-62010-of-union-election-commission-takes-place/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/18/new-light-of-myanmar-meeting-62010-of-union-election-commission-takes-place/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inside Burma]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nay Pyi Taw – The meeting (6/ 2010) of the Union Election Commission took place at the meting hall of the UEC office here this morning.It was attended by Chairman of the Union Election Commission U Thein Soe and commission members. After giving an opening speech, the chairman approved, signed and issued the Political Parties [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mizzima News: Burma’s garment industry struggling to survive – Kyaw Kha</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/18/mizzima-news-burma%e2%80%99s-garment-industry-struggling-to-survive-%e2%80%93-kyaw-kha/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business / Trade]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Chiang Mai – Officials from the Myanmar Garment Manufacturers Association said the industry, affected by the global economic downturn, is still struggling to achieve its previous position.Since the end of November 2008, production has fallen 30 percent and manufacturers are struggling hard to maintain preventing a further downturn, said U Myint Soe, Chairman of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democratic Voice of Burma: Thailand denies Rohingya abuse – Francis Wade</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/18/democratic-voice-of-burma-thailand-denies-rohingya-abuse-%e2%80%93-francis-wade/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/18/democratic-voice-of-burma-thailand-denies-rohingya-abuse-%e2%80%93-francis-wade/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Regional]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Claims that Thailand’s navy last week pushed 93 Rohingya ‘boat people’ out to sea where they drifted for 45 days have been flatly rejected by the Thai government.A statement on the Thai foreign ministry website sought to clarify claims reportedly made by the Rohingya to Malaysian authorities who eventually picked the boat up that Thai [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Voice of America: Burma &#8211; 2009 Human Rights Report</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/18/voice-of-america-burma-2009-human-rights-report/</link>
		<comments>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/18/voice-of-america-burma-2009-human-rights-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=19746</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Report states that in 2009, the government of Burma &#8220;continued its egregious human rights violations and abuses.&#8221;Burmese military address a protest in this file photo from 2007. The government continues to crack down on dissent, according to the U.S. Department of State.
&#8220;The idea of human rights begins with a fundamental commitment to the dignity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Irrawaddy: Party registration regulations favor wealthy – Htet Aung</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/18/irrawaddy-party-registration-regulations-favor-wealthy-%e2%80%93-htet-aung/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:09:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=19744</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Burma&#8217;s Union Election Commission published the technical regulations for political parties on Thursday, which favor wealthy candidates.Overall, the new electoral laws and registration regulations create significant obstacles to forming political parties and the encouragement of an open, democratic system of government, according to political analysts.
The party registration regulations stipulate that all political parties have until [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Burma Partnership: Burma&#8217;s democracy and ethnic rights movement to launch global campaign for genuine democracy</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/18/burma-partnership-burmas-democracy-and-ethnic-rights-movement-to-launch-global-campaign-for-genuine-democracy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Press Release]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=19741</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In response to the military regime&#8217;s new election laws, Burma&#8217;s Movement for Democracy and Rights of Ethnic Nationalities is holding a press conference to present their analysis of the election laws, perspectives on the 2010 elections based on the experience of the 1990 elections, and the position of ethnic nationalities. The Movement will also launch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freedom Now!: American Nyi Nyi Aung released from prison in Burma</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/18/freedom-now-american-nyi-nyi-aung-released-from-prison-in-burma/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Press Release]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=19739</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Burmese junta released prisoner of conscience Nyi Nyi Aung from prison on Thursday, March 18, 2010; he will be arriving in the United States late Friday afternoon.
In response to his release, Freedom Now President Jared Genser said, “We’re thrilled that Nyi Nyi is returning to the United States and will be reunited with his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Agence France Presse: Despite crackdown on monks, Myanmar pledges tolerance</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/17/agence-france-presse-despite-crackdown-on-monks-myanmar-pledges-tolerance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:43:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inside Burma]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Manila — Myanmar on Wednesday pledged to promote a culture of tolerance, despite international outrage over an appalling human rights record that includes its crackdown on Buddhist monks.&#8220;We are committed to promote and strengthen a culture of peace and dialogue,&#8221; Myanmar Foreign Minister Nyan Win told a ministerial meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Irrawaddy: Divisions over party registration surfacing in NLD – Ba Kaung</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/17/irrawaddy-divisions-over-party-registration-surfacing-in-nld-%e2%80%93-ba-kaung/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:43:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inside Burma]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.burmanet.org/news/?p=19735</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Burma&#8217;s main opposition party, faced with a choice of registering for this year&#8217;s election without its leader Aung San Suu Kyi or disbanding, is showing signs of internal division, according to senior party members.Party sources said that Aung Shwe, the 92-year-old chairman of the National League for Democracy (NLD), told members of the party&#8217;s Central [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Irrawaddy: Gov&#8217;t Ministers to contest the election – Kyaw Thein Kha</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/17/irrawaddy-govt-ministers-to-contest-the-election-%e2%80%93-kyaw-thein-kha/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Inside Burma]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[More than 12 ministers in Burma&#8217;s junta are reportedly preparing to resign and to run for seats in parliament in the 2010 election, according to military sources.“Deputy ministers who do not contest in the election will take the vacant position of the ministers,” said a source in Rangoon.
The ministers designated to run for office in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Light of Myanmar: US Embassy Consul holds consular meeting with Nyi Nyi Aung (a) Kyaw Zaw Lwin</title>
		<link>http://www.burmanet.org/news/2010/03/17/new-light-of-myanmar-us-embassy-consul-holds-consular-meeting-with-nyi-nyi-aung-a-kyaw-zaw-lwin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:42:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>editor, BurmaNet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nay Pyi Taw, 16 March -As a gesture of taking heed of the request of the US Embassy, Consul Mr. Colin P. Furst and a member of the US Embassy were allowed to hold a consular meeting with prisoner Nyi Nyi Aung (a) Kyaw Zaw Lwin who was naturalized as a US citizen at the [...]]]></description>
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